patients with distant metastasis or locally advanced disease with major vascular invasion

duodenal cancer

biliary drainage before randomization

previous chemotherapy or radiotherapy

uncontrollable active infection except cholangitis

severe comorbid disease (cardiac, pulmonary, cerebrovascular)

Contacts and Locations

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01134276